Re: firmware download

Hi,

Joerg Kampmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you, I downloaded the during installation required files rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin and rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin from Github - however putting the new one (version 36) into /lib/firmware/ ... brought the message in /var/log/syslog: "firmware is too big" ... strange effect.
> 
> does anyone have an explanation?

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Use support channels from https://www.debian.org/support
or [email protected] for installer issues.


Other than that, I would propose to use firmware files from debian.org
instead of Github (only a wild guess).


Holger



> Jörg
> Am 08.08.19 um 22:01 schrieb Holger Wansing:
>   Hi,
>   
>   Joerg Kampmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>     Hello, I just was trying to download some firmware for Debian 10 
>     (buster) and found the following:
>     
>     https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/firmware-iwlwifi/download
>     
>     There was an error. Can you help me?
>   
>   The URL you used contains "squeeze" as distribution name, while you want
>   buster. 
>   So:
>   https://packages.debian.org/buster/all/firmware-iwlwifi/download
>   
>   
>   Holger
>   
>   
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